BEAM Headbot

Well here my latest build. is a Headbot from the Junkbots book, I tried using photo transistors for light sensors but it was not really working, then I pulled two small solar cells and it made the trick, still I am looking for other sensors to use, I would like to use the solar cells to power the bot :P I tried to hook up the cells with the battery but it reduced the sensitivity and movement considerably

Any ideas for good sensors??

 

EZ

Looks for light or darkness

  • Actuators / output devices: one servo
  • Control method: autonomous
  • CPU: Suspended Bicore
  • Power source: 3v Ni-MH
  • Sensors / input devices: Two solar panel
  • Target environment: Indoors is best

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/beam-headbot

Here’s a link to a very nice

Here’s a link to a very nice BEAM wiki that includes circuit diagrams and other good info.

Noise0 has also posted a good example right here on LMR.